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No Wonder We Feel Busy
Live Vedanta - July 09, 2024 10:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsOur minds have normalized a level of turbulence, of juggling all of life’s uncomfortable circumstances without ever really understanding them. But what are we focusing all our energy on: the changing, or the Changeless? Are we tuned into the noise in our lives, or the Silence that supports (om) ...
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A Seatbelt for Life
Live Vedanta - July 02, 2024 14:56 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsIt's so easy to get wrapped up in the external battle of life. The expectations we have can rob us from becoming fearless (abhaya). We want to control life as much as we can because we think it will make us happy, when really being an observer (saksi) would really help us take control of our int...
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Absolute Joy
Live Vedanta - June 25, 2024 20:31 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsAll of us want to be happy and we do whatever it takes to feel joyous. The problem is we think we can create happiness so we end up going on an emotional roller coaster. This roller coaster can slow down when we increase our inquiry (vichara) and decrease projection. The more we inquire the more...
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Alive, but Not Really Living
Live Vedanta - June 18, 2024 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsMost of us are following life’s default script -- wake, eat, work, sleep, repeat. But is this working? We receive lots of advice (upadesha) from those we respect on how to be great, but are we actually following? The greatest revelations (mahavakya) of visionaries are accessible to us, but do we...
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Logic Can Only Get You So Far
Live Vedanta - June 13, 2024 14:46 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsLife is a trek through a dark forest. It takes lots of endurance (titiksha) to keep up the energy despite all the discomforts and pinpricks. It takes loads of faith (shraddha) to hold onto what you know is ahead, but can’t yet see. It takes boatloads of absorption (samadhana) to stay focused on ...
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Revisited: What’s the difference between contemplation and inquiry?
Live Vedanta - May 21, 2024 10:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWe're revisiting another Freedom Talk, one of our bite-sized episodes with Vivekji featuring questions from seekers across the world. In this episode, we ask the questions: What is the difference in reflection and inquiry? What is the difference between contemplation and inquiry? How should a se...
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Revisited: How can an introvert handle the expectations of family and friends?
Live Vedanta - May 15, 2024 12:53 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsIn this next mini episode from our series of Freedom Talks, we ask the questions: How should we handle people who always misinterpret our actions in a negative connotation even though we have good intentions? What to do when we are taken advantage of by others? Can we align our goals with our gu...
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Escaping to Embracing
Live Vedanta - April 30, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsMany of us probably have probably at some point felt we have/had a reactive personality, we felt distracted, or dull. How can one develop a calmness of body (dama), quietude of mind (sama), and understanding (uparama) so that one can have a more balanced inner world? On this season of Live Ve...
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Serve, Smile, Surrender
Live Vedanta - April 23, 2024 10:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWe all feel we can create joy but that only leads to disappointment. When we have guidance in our lives we realize that joy cannot be created. How can one go from acting (karma), to depending (bhakti), to having insight (jnana), to prioritizing (viveka) to independence (vairagya)? How does one s...
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River of Thoughts
Live Vedanta - April 16, 2024 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsOur mind is like a river -- sometimes it’s dashing and splashing with a never-ending flow of uncontrollable tides, and other times it’s calm and serene, slowly passing by like a lazy river. How do we tame this mind, so that we can use it for our own Higher purpose, rather than be controlled by i...
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Diving Deeper
Live Vedanta - April 09, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsIn life we have many ups and downs. Why do we feel moments of happiness and other times moments of sadness or anger? What can we do to always have this feeling of completeness no matter the situation? In this episode Vivekji talks about how our sense of individuality (jiva) leads to attachment ...
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Life is Full of Matter
Live Vedanta - April 02, 2024 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsEverything and everyone around us are made up of matter (prakriti) but do we depend on these things or people to make us feel complete (purusha)? When we know all is changing and existence is the only constant, then why do we ever feel anything but joy? On this season of Live Vedanta, entitled ...
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Do You Realize You’re Bound?
Live Vedanta - March 25, 2024 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWe often find ourselves feeling weighed down by changing circumstances and unending responsibilities -- but are our ropes really external, or internal? When we look inwards at our own temperament (guna), do we find ourselves tired and complaining in laziness (tamas), anxious about results in sel...
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How Do You Know You’re Not Dreaming?
Live Vedanta - February 20, 2024 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsLike Neo in The Matrix, has something always felt wrong about the world? Why is everyone looking for a permanent happiness in impermanent places, and then after it doesn’t last, wondering what they’re still missing? Why do we project (vikshepa) happiness onto every new food, vacation, and positi...
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Deep, Deeper, Deepest
Live Vedanta - February 13, 2024 11:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWhy does it feel like there is so much separation in the world? Is it because we are always competing with each other? What is deeper than our form (rupa) and personalities (varna)? How are we all so different, yet the exact same? On this season of Live Vedanta, entitled Stairway to Serenity, w...
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Past to Present
Live Vedanta - February 06, 2024 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWe may sometimes wonder why we are the way we are. Why do we do the things we do? Our actions are caused by our thoughts (vrtti) and those thoughts come from our print (vasanas), which is who we are because of our past actions. But how can we change the core of who we are? What tools (upadhi) ca...
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Chasing a Mirage
Live Vedanta - January 23, 2024 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsLike weary travelers endlessly stumbling after illusions of water in the burning desert, we spend most of our lives running after one inner demand after another. When does the chase end? Are we carrying boulders of emotional baggage in our memory (chitta), or are we learning from the past to mov...
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Plugged into the Higher
Live Vedanta - January 16, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWhen using our gadgets in our daily lives, there’s one thing we never forget to do: plug them in. Well, what are we plugged into? Do we feel drained, and out of battery? Are we investing in a more efficient input (prana), to live deeper than it? Are we allowing the mind (manah) to interpret the ...
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Equation to Serenity
Live Vedanta - January 09, 2024 11:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWhat does it truly mean to feel fortunate (bhagya)? What are some ways we can get to this feeling of serenity? Vivekji teaches us one way to invest in feeling fortunate is to know that all is temporary. Realizing that even the body (deha) is an equipment we have to help us uncover our true natur...
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Pushing Our Comfort Zone
Live Vedanta - January 02, 2024 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWhen dealing with uncomfortable situations, many of us try to escape from mental pain (dukha nivrtti), such as stress, anxiety, fear, etc. We try escaping by engaging in activities that we think will bring us joy. But what is a practical and permanent way to face those uncomfortable situations? ...
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Reset for the New Year
Live Vedanta - December 29, 2023 16:56 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsReset and recharge your relationships for the new year! Vivekji's new course, Harmony in Relationships, is crafted to enhance collaboration, deepen understanding, and foster lasting connections. It gives participants a unique opportunity to take a step back and reflect on how they collaborate in...
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Living for the Maximum
Live Vedanta - December 19, 2023 11:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsMany times in life, we find ourselves tired -- completely exhausted in running the seemingly endless race of responsibilities. When we’re lacking in inspiration to keep going, where do we find purpose (puruṣhārtha) in all this? How do we choose between what’s easy and pleasurable (preyas) vs. wh...
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Domino Effect
Live Vedanta - December 12, 2023 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsLiving is like a mirror. When we are angry, the world is angry. When we are happy, the world is happy. What can we do to cheerfully evolve into a courageous personality? What are the steps we can take to become more integrated? On this season of Live Vedanta, entitled Stairway to Serenity, we'...
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Enjoying to 'In'joying
Live Vedanta - December 05, 2023 11:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWhat is the purpose of living? It is to be joyous. But how? What are some steps we can take to dive deeper into our purpose? How can we do this with all the ups and downs life throws at us? On this season of Live Vedanta, entitled Stairway to Serenity, we'll be exploring 100 words at the heart ...
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Raising the Intensity
Live Vedanta - November 27, 2023 11:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsThe path to Peace is a long one, filled with many hills of transformation and valleys of feeling stuck. Through this, are we living for Peace with the intensity needed to actually evolve? Are we seeking (sadhana) with the discipline (brahmacharya) needed to conserve our energy, and the sensitivi...
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Potential: Unleashed
Live Vedanta - November 07, 2023 11:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWe all know how much we’re capable of -- but we rarely live up to our highest potential. Since we know we need to change, how do we build the resolve (sankalpa) needed? How can a guide (guru) unleash our latent potential, bringing us Divine grace (krpa) and opening our eyes to the endless blessi...
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Going Deeper
Live Vedanta - October 31, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWe are told we are Infinity. But how do we feel we are Infinity? What can we do to deepen our understanding of who we are? On this season of Live Vedanta, entitled Stairway to Serenity, we'll be exploring 100 words at the heart of our self-development. The more we understand these words, the mo...
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Perpetual Betterment
Live Vedanta - October 24, 2023 13:58 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsWe have all heard the saying "as you think so you become." But when we dive deeper into this thought, we ask ourselves: How do we think? Why do we think? What can we do to become more virtuous? On this season of Live Vedanta, entitled Stairway to Serenity, we'll be exploring 100 words at the he...
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From Style to Lifestyle
Live Vedanta - October 10, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsMost people live fast lives, full of escaping into pleasure and acting for “style” -- but we often find ourselves feeling incomplete when we live this way. How do we shift our focus to our lifestyle on this journey (yatra), to unite (yoga) with our best selves? How can we live to serve (seva) mo...
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Getting Out of the Hamster Wheel
Live Vedanta - October 03, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsLiving in today’s society can feel like an endless chase. In the midst of constant change in society (samsara), how do we know what restrictions (yama) to put in place, and which commitments (niyama) to hold onto? During breaks such as festivals (utsava), how can we find rest that really lasts? ...
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